BMW Aluminium Gearshift Rod Length

[peterux]

Originally Posted by RobDorey

I've found a couple of pics.
Hope they help.

Hi Rob,
what's that stuff you've covered the propshaft tunnel in? (In your second picture)

thanks

Peter

[Simon]

Sorry for the late reply but there has been a slight change of plan...

I've managed to get my 330mm 'long' linkage shortened at work to 280mm. The chap that used to do the aluminium welding (that shortened my previous linkage and welded an anti-surge sump into the fuel tank) retired recently but his replacement was happy to help me out. So I'm going to try it out this weekend to see if it works ok.

Thanks again to everyone for the info on the various BMW gearshift mechs and for the kind offers of parts.

Simon

[RobDorey]

Peter,

It was from this company;
http://www.noisestopsystems.com/

This is the one I bought;
http://www.noisestopsystems.com/buy_...roducts_id/134

It works really good and stops the chassis ringing like a bell. Also, it doesn't seem to soak up water so the car will dry out quickly.

Driving up the road, you can't hear any noise coming through the chassis.
I bought 6 meters (it's 1 meter wide) and stuck it down with a about 2 litres of 3M glue (there is a self adhesive option as well). I've covered the whole of the interior especially around the bulkhead. The marlin carpet glued on top of that making the car really quiet and giving it a quality feel.

[peterux]

Thanks Rob.

That looks really interesting stuff and much cheaper than any of the car accessory suppliers. Did you need all 6 metres as that seems quite a lot? Did you cover the boot floor as well?
Any reason why you chose this version over the closed cell 'LFOAM' ?

cheers

Peter

[RobDorey]

It was about this time last year that I bought the stuff.
I'm pretty sure I rang the company and they advised me.
I haven't got a lot left after 6 meters and the only places I didn't cover were the boot roof & sides. I covered the boot floor and left an overhang of about three inches all round that I glued to the sides of the boot.
The foam has a very 'heavy' feel about it and moulds nicely around curves without a lot of cutting. After gluing the marlin carpet in (which is a little bit lightweight and thin) the car has a real quality feel about it.

[peterux]

Thanks, I might order some of each

Peter